Improvement in metallic tips



B. F. SPARROW. I METALLIC TIP FOR BOOTS QR SHOES.

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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAYfC'OMEt Be it known that I,BENJAMIN FQ SPARROW, of Boston, in the county of Sufi'olk, and State ofMassachusetts, have" invented a new and usefulImpl-ovement in MetallicTips for boots or shoes, and in the application of such tips thereto;and I do hereby declare the sameto be fully described in the followingspecification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which-Figure 1 is a top view.

Figure 2, a. front elevation,

Figure 3, e sidegelevation.

Figure 4, a. bottom view; and

Figure 5, a vertical section of the toe pnrt oi a hoot orshoe, withmyinvention applied.

The common metallic tip, when applied to a. shoe, has core-red the toeui'the upper alone; but with my intention it covers and protects the toeof the sole as well as that of the upper, and it is fastened toth'e edgeof thesole.

In the-drawings, A denotes the upper, and B the sole of a. boot or shoetoe. The metallic tip isshown at C as composed of the upper andsole-guerds a b, united in one piece, the sole-guard b being applied tothe edge of the toe, and fostened thereto by means of screws c c e,which go through the port b and screw into thesple.

I The sole-guard thus serves not only to support the tpeg uurd, but as aprotection for the toe of the sole, to'prevent the letter fromb'ei'ngworn or injured while the shoe or boot may be in use.

' I would remark that am aware of the metallic fender or device shown inthe United Stat-es Patent No. 34,461, such being fol-protecting the toeparts of the upper leather.a.nd sole of a shoe. This device difl'ersfrommine in having a central flange or projection to go "between thesoles: and furthermore the fender is extended underneath and across theouter sole. which is not the case with my invention, by which thecentral flange is'disp-ensed with, and the toe-guard is fustend byscrews going into the edge of the sole.

I make no claim to a metallic tip to he applied to thenpper ut its toe.What I claim as my improvement, ist The inetallicupper and sole-tipor'guari-as made, without any central flange, and with holes through it'to receive screws, and errenged so that such screws may enter the outered ge of the sole when covered by such tip.

' BENJAMIN F. SPARROW.

Witnesses? R. H. EDDY, SAMUEL N; PIPER.

